I was just looking over the sales stats on my various self-published novels and I see that the Kindle version of The Guitar Hero Goes Home (written 5 years ago), is ranked #1,731 in sales of Biographical Literary Fiction (!!!). (Holy Cow!!!)
And the Kindle version ofTwilight of the Immortal (from FIFTEEN years ago!!!), is ranked #2,686 in sales of LGBTQ Historical Fiction. And #5,824 in LGBTQ Literary Fiction!!
This astounds me in the best possible way, gang.
Not just the sales rankings, but the “Literary Fiction” categories.
It just made my morning. Thanks, everybody.
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On other topics–
I am really eager to see those much-promised Energy Bills come down. I just got my heating bill and it’s ridiculous.
I’m guessing that everyone is aware of what is going on with Trump and all the Executive Orders and the progress of all that, so here’s hoping we soon see an end to this robbery (meaning: when it gets super cold like this, the cost of natural gas heat soars.)
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Nick Cave sent out a really sweet Red Hand File yesterday!! I just loved it. It was a letter written by a group of French school children — aged 12 and 13. Their English was, for the most part, good, but also sort of funny.
In part, they asked: “We found you sometimes weirdos, strange and dark in your differents songs, but we like it! So how do you see yourself in your songs? Are you happy sometimes?“
Nick replied, in part:
“As for being ‘weirdos, strange and dark’ – this is not only an accurate reflection of my songs but also describes me, or at least how I often feel. Yet, amidst the weirdness, the strangeness, and deep within the darkness, I am mostly happy. I am mostly happy because beautiful things keep happening to me, such as receiving your letter.“
You can read it in full here. It was just wonderful.
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And that is really all I have for today, because the TV pilot has me overloaded with work. And I find I am getting depressed about having to return to the caregiving job tomorrow. 5 days was just not enough of a break. But I’m trying not to dwell on it. And trying to just keep moving forward…
This is helping! I began watching it last evening on Amazon Prime. I loved the Flip Wilson Show when I was a kid, but as an adult, I’m actually understanding the humor! And it makes me laugh out loud.
All right. Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world, gang.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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As promised, the Best of Cajun Country is no longer in the kitchen CD player. However, the CD that’s in there now includes songs that are nearly 100 years old. That, alone, kinda depresses me. When did that happen??
Rudy Vallee, The Voice That Had Them Fainting: Hits from 1928-1937.
Anyway. Yes, from Rudy Vallee. “These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)” from 1936. Enjoy, gang!
I’m going to start off the post with Nick Cave’s new Red Hand File, which I just this moment read, and I am just so OVER it — that so many effing people have such a problem with the opening line of the AMAZING song, “O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)”. This is not the first time I’d encountered comments about that first line, or entire first verse.
It is such a HUMAN opening line. A human, playful song about an amazing , playful human being who is no longer among us. WTF is wrong with people? Have they never been in love and been in bed and made art???? Jesus.
Anyway! Nick replies, in part:
“But as its creator I feel the need to defend it – not just out of some paternal urge, but because I have always thought the line was rather good. Truthfully, when I wrote the first verse of ‘O Wow O Wow‘, I was so pleased, that I took the rest of the day off!
The opening verse is, of course, a recollection of my younger days with Anita – in this instance, she rises naked from our shared bed…”
Okay. Well. More snow came yesterday. And now it’s super duper cold out there. But you know what???
Yesterday morning, absolutely out of the blue, my next door neighbors brought over TWO completely assembled cat houses, complete with plenty of straw inside each of them, and they put them on my kitchen porch!! The husband texted me: “We noticed that there are cats congregating on your porch. Hopefully this will help them stay warm.”
How nice is that??? I have one cat house out there already, but 3 cats.
I can’t tell you what that did to reducing my stress level instantansously.
And yes, this is the same man who dug a grave in my backyard for Lucie when she died this past summer. And it’s the same man whose home got COMPELTELY crushed when my enormous maple tree fell on their house during a mini tornado 3 summers ago.
What great neighbors.
This is such a amazing little village.
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Well, the closer we get to the Inauguration, the less real news there is. It all seems to be about setting the stage for Trump to come back and change everything imaginable.
If you have the stomach for it, this was interesting. It’s from a couple of days ago but I finally had the chance to listen to it.
And I’m going to leave it at that. I have to look over some script notes from Peitor before I head out for my morning shift.
Have a great Thursday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this!
This came up on my “frequent playlist” while I was driving home last night, in the dark, in the snow. And missing New York. (See yesterday’s post about why I had to cancel my trip there next week.)
How interesting, right? From 1975 — in fact, I’ve mentioned this here before, but this song was released while I was committed to the mental hospital. At the lowest point in my life. I used to listen to it on the AM radio in my room. And within a mere 5 years, I was living one block from Broadway, married to one of the most interesting men I had ever met, who’d come all the way from Singapore!!
And this year, our play, “The Guide to being Fabulous,” will be produced (Off)-Broadway!!
Okay. Enjoy, gang. We never know what great things are right around the corner.
However, in a really sweet gesture last night, my clients insisted I go home early, to avoid the upcoming snow. And I still got paid for the whole shift.
Anyway. I have to be quick here today because my phone conference with Peitor starts in about half an hour.
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You’ve all probably seen by now that the (fake) Trudeau is planning to resign this week. Possibly today, or more likely on Wednesday. Yet another moment of Q being absolutely right.
If you didn’t follow Q, or are suspicious of what it was — it was Military Intelligence, put together primarily by these incredible men, beginning back in October of 2017:
Donald Trump, Commander in Chief
Donald Trump, Jr.
Lt. General Mike Flynn
Kash Patel
Ezra Cohen Watnik
Dan Scavino
As well as Phil Godlewski and Roy Watkins (Code Monkey Z), and others.
If you look at where these men are today, and what is getting ready to happen here in the States (and all over the world, frankly), you get a better idea about why those of us who followed Q, and the Anons (who helped de-code Q for the rest of us) are so excited these days.
If you want to dive a little deeper, Mike King’s Anti-NY Times has an interesting post today, however, if you don’t follow Q at all, it will just make your brain explode:
“2025 Rolls in With Epic Level of Fakery
We have reached the point of peak illusionism in this first week of the sure-to-be momentous year of 2025. Even for one very familiar with the twists and methodologies of this movie, the level of barely concealed fakery and seemingly inexplicable weirdness has gotten surreal — and frankly, a wee bit tiresome. But the stunts remain tolerable for us only because “something has got to give” — and pretty darn soon, as we head into the final days of President Trump’s “dash” term and the exciting perception of Trump 47 (the 3rd term), beginning January 20th.
From just this past week or so alone:
The woman “burned alive” on a New York City subway — FAKE
The Trump Family New Year’s Eve party at Mar a Lago — FAKE
The New Orleans “truck massacre” — FAKE
The exploding Tesla at Trump’s Hotel in Las Vegas — FAKE
The Korean airplane crash into a concrete barrier — FAKE
The Mike Johnson Speaker fight — FAKE
“Biden” awarding medals to Killary, Soros et al. — FAKE.
And if I missed anything, well, that was probably FAKE too![…]
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Phil is finally supposed to be live tonight at 8PM Eastern time. We shall see. Check here to confirm.
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Nick Cave sent out a wonderful Red Hand File today, all about hope!! And Christmas with his new grandson, Roman. He said, in part:
“In its active form, hope is a supreme gesture of love, a radical and audacious duty, whereas despair is a stagnant rejection of life itself. Hope becomes the energy of change…
“Our [Christmas] was a large, noisy family affair that revolved around my infant grandson, Roman. Magisterial in his highchair, I watched him being fed by his doting parents – this bright, new child – and your question seemed to melt into the vision of that little boy, his face covered in avocado, a radiant affirmation of that small word – hope. On that Christmas day, I saw the vitality of hope in action…”
Even though I am still really tired, I am bowled over by the beauty of my clients this season.
I was not expecting any gifts or even any cards, but my clients are kind of blowing me away with their kindness. Yesterday, one of my clients gave me a gift and a Christmas card that sort of took my breath away — and when I thanked her for it, the beautiful things she said to me about the job I do for her and her husband brought tears to my eyes.
It’s a difficult mix between knowing I will be alone this Christmas because my dad is gone now and I basically have no family left who are still speaking to me, and my friends are far away, spending Christmas with their families.
So the fact that I will actually be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with clients who genuinely care about me — it is hard to process that mix of gratitude, love, loss.
I have to say, though, I am really looking forward to spending Christmas Day with my 94-year-old Japanese client that I adore so much!!
We have such an incredible time when we are together. He and I have so many unlikely things in common that I could do a whole blog post about it.
When I saw him on Wednesday, in the course of our conversations, he said, “I only have a couple more minutes to live.”
And I said, “Do you think you could hold out for another week, because I’ll be coming here on Christmas and I’d hate to be here all by myself.”
He laughed. and he said, “Okay. I’ll hold on another week…”
I’m expecting Christmas Day with him to be just beautiful.
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Anyway. I digress!
There is NO NEWS, gang!! It’s getting insane! The amount of stuff that they are pretending is happening that is not really happening….
I’ve been to Telegram, YouTube, Truth Social, Rumble, X….. and it is all the same.
This is not “news” but it’s interesting, if not sickening. You should probably read it.
“…Most Americans over the age of 45, and certainly all readers of The Anti-New York Times, should already know that Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator who ruined Cuba — driving its mostly White upper and middle classes to flee to Florida while the communist state and its rabble hordes dispossessed productive Cubans who stayed. There was celebration in the Cuban enclaves of Union City, NJ and Miami, FL when the unrepentant old bastard finally died in 2016..
Of more interest to our eager students of real history is the long-since forgotten story of the mighty media organization that dusted off the badly defeated rebel, put him back on his feet, and helped to install him as dictator. That’s right, boys and girls. Without the maneuvering of Sulzberger’s Slimes (aka “the paper of record”) — specifically the pro-communist correspondent Herbert Matthews(cough cough) — and the Evil Eisenhower-Dulles State Department, Castro’s revolution of 1959 would never have succeeded..[…]”
Nick Cave sent out the best Red Hand File yesterday!! It’s all about how he is going to be spending Christmas — with his family, and going to church.
I have to tell you, gang, just knowing that he is going to have such a perfect Christmas is going to make my own Christmas that much happier. It really is. I’m going to get a lot of joy out of just thinking about it.
He said, in part:
“…And somewhere, amid the feasting and joyful human messiness – this beautiful, this happy, this sorrowful estate – I will acknowledge how extraordinarily fortunate my family and I are to have this good Christmas Day. I will remember, too, amongst all the making and the doing, the energising principle around which this day revolves that speaks so eloquently of rebirth and renewal, and the end to waiting – that of a mother bearing a child in a stable, revitalising the world for all eternity.”
Our random selection comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is — CHILDREN (!!).
Keith says:
“They give you that little bit — that important bit of living when you absolutely don’t know shit about nothing.”
Who could say it better ???
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And that is actually it for today. I essentially have the “whole day off”, but then, tonight, I will be with that sweet 99-year-old blind lady, who lives out in the middle of deep, dark, snowy nowhere with 3 huge happy dogs and two big rascally black cats.
It’s a full house and it’s full of love, gang.
Okay.
Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this.
The 94-year-old Japanese man had the great good fortune of seeing “South Pacific” on Broadway (in 1950), back when it was brand new and the legendary Mary Martin was starring in it.
What a fantastic show it is– the music, alone, is incredible. Imagine anyone being able to experience that show, live, on stage, when it was brand new. Let alone, being a young Japanese-American, who spent his childhood in Japan, during WWII, then returning to NYC at age 17, and then seeing a show like “South Pacific”.
He and I discuss that show all the time, actually. It’s a show I just love. And I adored Mary Martin when I was a little girl.
Last night, by candlelight, I lay in my bed, listening to a few of the songs from “South Pacific”, but once I landed on the song below, I couldn’t stop playing it!!! “This Nearly Was Mine”. I just kept thinking about the miracle that I have even met this amazing man so late in his life. It is such a blessing to me, to be able to hear about the stories of his life — they are extraordinary. Okay. Enjoy, gang!!
“This Nearly Was Mine”
One dream in my heart One love to be livin’ for One love to be livin’ for This nearly was mine
One girl for my dream One partner in paradise This promise of paradise This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came Only to fly away Only to fly as day flies from moonlight Now, now I’m alone Still dreamin’ of paradise Still sayin’ that paradise Once nearly was mine
I’ll keep rememberin’ kisses From lips I’ve never owned And all the lovely adventures That we have never known
One dream in my heart One love to be livin’ for One love to be livin’ for This nearly was mine
All righty, it looks like it was stress that knocked me under yesterday, because I seem to be reasonably fine today. (I say “reasonably” because I can’t remember the last time I felt 100%, totally, and completely fine. It was probably back in 2019 when I had stuff like friends, colleagues, family, a career, and a mere six cats…….)
Anyway.
Nothing from SCOTUS yet, although I saw a post in Phil’s private chat yesterday that indicated the Supreme Court would also be releasing opinions today. So we shall see.
Not much news at all today.
Mostly, I’m just trying to let go of any and all expectations about everything, gang, and just try to be in a Christmas-y frame of mind.
Nick Cave sent out an incredible Red Hand File this morning, gang! Just beautiful!! You should go read it in full, but in part he said:
“ I understand it must be painful to feel those “amazing times” are behind you, but they are not, there are many more to come. There will be further heartbreaks too, but hearts break stronger. We must not retreat from our feelings. We must confront them. Rehearse them. Get better at them… My advice? Get back out there. Live life to the fullest – and stay for the whole damn show. It’s amazing.”
Well, today’s random selection is very different! It comes from the final chapter in the book, titled A Chronology of Trouble. And it basically documents highlights (and lowlights) of Keith’s life from 1951 – 2008.
Our selection today states that in 1966, Keith separates from (long-time girlfriend) Linda Keith. Wherein Keith:
“Reportedly leaves phone messages for years that say, ‘Tell Linda to fuck off.’ ‘Ruby Tuesday’ is generally believed to be his swan song to Linda.”
Well, at least he got an incredibly great song out of that breakup!! So keep that in mind if you, too, have been leaving “fuck-off” messages to someone for years!!
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And that is it, gang.
Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Of course, I leave you with this! And just FYI, if someone ever wrote a song like this about me, I’d happily put up with the “fuck-off” phone messages for years…
The Rolling Stones, “Ruby Tuesday.” 1966.
“Ruby Tuesday”
She would never say where she came from Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone While the sun is bright Or in the darkest night No one knows She comes and goes
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you
Don’t question why she needs to be so free She’ll tell you it’s the only way to be She just can’t be chained To a life where nothing’s gained And nothing’s lost At such a cost
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you
“There’s no time to lose,” I heard her say “Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams And you will lose your mind Ain’t life unkind?”
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new day Still I’m gonna miss you
So far, it’s looking like my schedule is going to be somewhat manageable for the month of December — even though I have to work on ALL of the holidays!! Aaarrrgggh.
However, you know, just because it’s Christmas or New Year’s Eve, doesn’t mean that the housebound elderly are suddenly completely okay….
Before I forget! I need to post about this.
That really sweet 99-year-old blind lady that I am a caregiver for — I was with her yesterday, and we were talking about her life, as we always do. (Her mind is completely sharp, the only problem she has is that she is legally blind.)
And this astounded me:
The lady’s one and only grandchild was born when the lady was 71 years old, and by then she had been a widow for 21 years. And since her grandchild lived far away, the lady decided that the best way to get to know her grandchild would be to take family trips together as the child was growing up.
So — in the course of the next 25 years, after which the lady began to go blind, but she was already 96 years old(!!) — she had visited 52 countries with her grandchild.
Isn’t this just incredibly inspiring, gang?? Wow. To start traveling overseas when you’re 71, and then visit 52 countries by the time you’re 96. Wow.
And here over in my world, it’s a huge deal to be able to get back to NYC, which is only 500 miles from here, and only takes 1 hr and 20 minutes to fly there, and only about 9 hours by car…
Anyway!! It’s nice to think that when I’m 71 (a mere 7 years from now), worldwide travel might suddenly become incredibly doable. We shall see!
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ALSO! Before I forget–
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Visit this link (you might have to click a link to view explicit content) and any of the print books are 30% off — just enter HOLIDAY30 at the checkout.
I’m telling you, gang, Q stuff is everywhere now. They are being so blatant about it!
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On a similar note.
From Mike King’s Anti-NY Times newsletter:
“Q Operatives Sweep CIA, FBI, DOJ and DNI
…The unabashed “conspiracy theorist” and very Q-ish Trump loyalist Kash Patel will complete a Q Trifecta of White Hat leaders set to head each of the key agencies which once formed the core of the formerly fearsome three-headed Deep State dragon.
As Patel takes the reigns at the FBI; “far right” Q-approved John Ratcliffe will lead the CIA; and military gal / “Russian agent” / “isolationist” Tulsi Gabbard — who had so capably infiltrated and subverted the WEF and the Demonrat Party –will be the Director of National Intelligence overseeing all of America’s intelligence agencies.
The “Editorial Board” here at The Anti-New York Times sniffed the “Democrat” Gabbard out as Q operative years ago. In the cases of Ratcliffe and Patel, the legendary scent-detection abilities of the late great St. Sugar the Crazed Conspiracy Cat were not needed because Q himself (or themselves) dropped their names long before they rose to soon-to-be heads of the CIA & FBI respectively. […]
Regarding the fake Bidens and the “pardon” — since both of them have been dead for awhile now, I’m guessing it’s just another psy-op to wake people up.
“Hunter and Joe Biden are complicit in horrific crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine is subservient to the CIA and a prime location for money laundering for swamp creatures. This is the truth. Ukraine was overthrown by the CIA and a puppet administration was implemented that would work to further their criminal intentions. Joe Biden, Pelosi, Romney, and McCain all got their hands in the Ukraine cookie jar. We the People are awake to the scam. https://t.me/bioclandestine/4287“
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I thought this was really funny.
Sanity4 Sweden – Keir Starmer, you’re on the right path! Worried and relieved about the Trudeau-Trump meeting (8 mins):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Mahyar Tousi Arrest, WHY? (3 mins):
Related to above:
Mahyar Tousi – LIVE: UK Police To Arrest Tousi TV (22 mins):
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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – FRAUD IS EVERYWHERE (13 mins):
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And in other news!
Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning, where he gives some beautiful advice to someone whose father is dying. He says, in part:
“I can’t think of a more poignant and binding act than to be able to laugh together in this most tragic of circumstances. The thing that you don’t need in this dynamic is guilt. Dispense with it. You have nothing to feel guilty for….”
This was interesting, in light of a post I made about Keith and the topic of family recently.
This time, the topic is MUSIC& CREATIVITY, and of course it comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations.
Keith says:
“I love my kids most of the time, and I love my wife most of the time. Music I love all of the time. It’s the only constant thing in my life. It’s the one thing you can count on.”
So, I guess let’s just keep this in mind, shall we? If we’re tempted to get married or have some children — put on a Rolling Stones record instead!! I know I do…
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Okay!! That’s it for now. I am possibly going to attempt to put up the Christmas tree today. We shall see how that goes.
Meanwhile–
Enjoy your Monday wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visiting, gang.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Breakfast-listening music!! Such a great song! The classic Stevie Nicks-Tom Petty collaboration, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. Written by Tom just for Stevie… 1981. Enjoy, gang!!
“JUST IN: 🇬🇧 Petition calling for an immediate General Election in the UK surpasses 2,300,000 signatures within 48 hours.”
AND–
“India saved $25,000,000,000 by importing discounted Russian crude oil.”
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I saw this from il donaldo trumpoyet again, and thought: hmmmm.…..now what?? [FYI: Popcorn is Q-related, meaning this is all scripted; we’re watching a movie.]
Nick Cave sent out a great Red Hand File the other day, regarding Bob Dylan mentioning Nick and the Bad Seeds’ Paris show in a tweet. (I thought it was posted to Threads, but apparently it was on X.)
Nick said, in part:
“Sitting in bed with Susie in a post-tour stupor, watching ‘Carry On Up the Khyber’ and eating Belgian chocolates (gift from a fan), my phone suddenly lit up as excited friends started sending me Bob Dylan’s tweet–…”
Also, Cave Things has a Black Friday sale going on from now until December 6th!!
“70% off all Notebooks and Stickers
50% off the Suck My Dick Collection
30% off all Charms
50% off Silkscreen Prints
40% off T-shirts
50% off Happy Tea Set
40% off all Tiles
AND MUCH MORE”
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And in my own life…
Well, a few of you guys either have a dark sense of humor or want to encourage me to become a stalker!
I think about 10 of you actually voted in my opinion poll the other day (!!)(see post here) and it was a tie between:
“Drive to his house and park across the street and stare at everything that goes on there”
and
“All of the above”
And even though I wasn’t actually going to do any of the options, and I was going to leave him the fuck alone…
I did actually join his Youtube channel. Even though there are tons of videos of him in concert all over the internet, his personal YT channel only has one video posted on it and that was posted about 3 years ago.
Didn’t seem like an active channel, really. But I could not help myself. I posted a comment and asked him a question that could, you know, be read by anyone in the world and not sound salacious or offensive or anything.
And I figured that maybe some day, a couple years from now, I might get some sort of response.
Well. Try a couple of hours later (!!!)
Holy cow.
I was astounded! But it was a very cheerful reply. This whole thing has really just blown me away, gang. In the last 50 years he has lived all over the place. And I have lived mostly in NYC, but also in Pennsylvania, and several places in Ohio… And now we live 30 miles away from each other? In the middle of nowhere?
And why did I even think to google him in the first place? So weird.
Anyway.
There’s even more good news — I seem to be past the notes and research phase, and I believe the actual memoir is getting ready to come through, gang.
And if you’re keeping track — Valerie and I have been doing our “creativity schedule-thing” for over a week now! Without missing a day. And she has almost completed a new painting!!
And here’s a little more research for the memoir–
Keith Richards remembers John Lennon (1 minute):
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And that is it.
Yoga awaits. And then dinner and a rerun of “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” and then collapse in bed!! And get ready for a double shift tomorrow!!
But it’s all good, gang, because I am excited about going back to NYC…
Okay. Enjoy what’s left of your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I leave you with this!! Enjoy, gang!!
Keith Richards – The Interview You’ve Never Seen Before – Restored From 1988 (33 mins):
As of right now, I’m better today! That could change at a moment’s notice, but for now, on we go.
Mostly, I have discovered that my PTSD gets triggered by all these Leftist neo-Liberal Marxist people having indescribably insane meltdowns on social media.
A lot of the truther channels are laughing at these meltdowns, or making fun of these people — aside from the ones who actually work in MSM, I think it’s really sad to see the results of so much mind control. These people are literally terrified of Trump.
It’s easy to forget that at one time or another, all of us had to wake up to the fact that we were mind-controlled for decades. MK Ultra, Operation Mockingbird, Illuminati/Deep State, etc.
But we woke up — either gradually, or all at once. So I’m not able to find it funny — these meltdowns. These poor people, human beings like us, are literally losing their minds simply because they haven’t woken up yet. They don’t know how.
Anyway. I think it’s sad, but the fact that they are so out of control and hysterical, triggers my PTSD.
Okay.
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I think Dan Bongino was the only Truther out there yesterday who just wanted to take yesterday and celebrate the feeling of winning. Everyone else, to one degree or another, wanted to remind us: It isn’t over yet. We still have a couple of months to be vigilant before the good stuff finally begins. Or maybe I should say, begins in public. Because I believe a lot of the “good stuff” has already been happening behind the scenes for a while now.
My local Q-following friend from out here in the Hinterlands — we both have felt for awhile now that all these “wars” have kept raging in order for Trump to be back in office and be the one to negotiate the ceasefires.
Since I was raised in a conservative Jewish adoptive family, and then eventually went on to study for the Christian Ministry in Divinity School, not to mention all the studying I’ve done on my own on Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity for decades, literally, this topic was not new to me. However, it was interesting to realize that not everybody knows this stuff about the history of Israel, Judea, and Palestine! And yet so many modern wars have raged because of it.
Very educational.
Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – AMAZING IGNORANCE – THE LIES REPEATED BY USEFUL IDIOTS (16 mins):
12 Lectures : The Quest for the Historical Paul:Apostle or Apostate
“… Join us on an exciting journey to uncover the real Paul of history in “The Quest for the Historical Paul: Apostle or Apostate?” In this fascinating course, you’ll explore the groundbreaking work of scholars who have sifted through centuries of texts to discover the true Paul behind the New Testament….”
[…] Trump’s resurrection saw fruition despite the Deep State’s covert efforts to steal the election as it had done successfully in 2020.
A source in General Eric M. Smith’s office told Real Raw News that White Hats, Red Hats, and civilian volunteers thwarted 27 instances of election fraud across nine states, including destroying trucks holding “tens of thousands” of fraudulent mail-in ballots in North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania and “remotely disabling” voting machines flipping ballots in Arizona, Nevada, and Wisconsin.
“This time we had the intelligence and manpower to prevent a repeat of 2020,” our source said, adding the White/Red Hat coalition also arrested over 200 election officials suspected of tampering with voting machines and suppressing Republican votes.
“This was our Normandy,” he said allegorically. “Fortunately, good intelligence meant we didn’t have to have a blood bath in the streets. Like Trump, we’re grateful a record number of patriots came out to vote; it made our job easier. The election’s in the bag, but the war isn’t over. […]”
“The three days I spent in Antwerp were very special. It is a city I have grown to love very much. The Bad Seeds performed two concerts, perhaps the best we’ve done. On a personal and utterly delightful note, my son Luke and his wife, Sasha, joined the tour with their little boy, Roman, my grandson.”
And Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Manchester last night, but I have been too comatose to save any photos, although I did look at them!
Friday & Saturday nights they play LONDON!!! I’m guessing it will be off the charts fantastic! You can still buy tickets here.
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In my own life….
Wow, gang. I wish I could post about it on the blog but I can’t yet because no contracts are in place. But it is sufficient to say that things with our play, “The Guide to Being Fabulous” are continuing to move quickly for Sandra and me in NYC, in a direction that is beyond my wildest dreams.
That is not an overstatement.
But it also requires that I do a TON of organizing of all the past versions of our script (11 years’ worth of scripts that I have to sort through BEFORE I leave for NYC on Tuesday morning…) (And I have to work back-to-back double shifts this weekend!)
So, that is also why I am just exhausted, gang. emotionally. Such incredibly GOOD stuff going on, but I feel a little overwhelmed.
In the meantime, tomorrow evening, Kara and I are going to dinner & a movie! And we have solemnly sworn to not discuss politics…. So here’s hoping we have a great time.
We are once again having Mexican food, and then returning to this theater that is about an hour away from me:
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Okay.
That’s it for now. We’ll return to the Daily Feature tomorrow.
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Oddly enough, I played this very intense song, loudly & nonstop, to and from town yesterday. It helped keep me out of my PTSD and also kept me from falling asleep.
“Goon Squad” by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, from the album Armed Forces, 1979. Play it loud and ENJOY!
“Goon Squad”
[Verse 1] Mother, father, I’m here in the zoo I can’t come home ’cause I’ve grown up too soon I got my sentence, I got my command They said they’d make me major if I met all their demands
[Pre-Chorus] I could be a corporal into corporal punishment Or the general manager of a large establishment They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they’d put me in the
[Chorus] Goon squad They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye Goon squad They want you to come out to play, you’d better say goodbye
[Verse 2] Some grow up just like their dads and some grow up too tall Some go drinking with the lads, some don’t grow up at all You must find the proper place for everything you see But you’ll never get to make a lampshade out of me
[Pre-Chorus] I could join a chain of males or be the missing link Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they’d put me in the
[Chorus] Goon squad They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye Goon squad They want you to come out to play, you’d better say goodbye
[Verse 3] Mother, father, I’m doing so well I’m making such progress now that you can hardly tell I fit in a little dedication with one eye on the clock They caught you under medication, you could be in for a shock
[Pre-Chorus] Thinking up the alibis that everyone’s forgotten Just another Mummy’s boy gone to rotten They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod But I never thought they’d put me in the
[Chorus] Goon squad They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye Goon squad They want you to come out to play, you’d better say goodbye
Wow, what a privilege it was to be able to watch that incredible Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night in the home of that husband & wife couple that I just adore (patients in my senior care job). They are both close to 90 and are serious Trump supporters, pro-America, level-headed, smart, funny people.
It was just a wonderful way to end the evening shift.
If you missed it, here is the replay (of the rally — not of my evening shift):
I ended the evening feeling really, really happy. I was coming off of 10 shifts in 6 days, the rally was exciting and it was so great to see a thing like that finally happen in NYC — my spiritual home. I just felt like this war is finally going to be over SOON. Wow.
But when I awoke to a text at 5AM from my dear friend Kara — she was confirming that we are doing dinner & a movie on November 8th (the Andrea Bocelli celebration film), but she also had a lengthy diatribe about why she hates Trump and fears that if he gets back in the White House he will end free speech entirely and the world will become Orwellian…
Good god, you know? Just when you think people are waking up.
Sadly, I’m used to (what’s left of) my family being against Trump, and most of my colleagues hating Trump, and some people who used to be among my dearest friends who now haven’t spoken to me in 4 years because they hate Trump… and now this thing from Kara at 5AM.
Just when you think people are awake and the war is almost over and that you’re not going to be alone anymore, and you’re going to have a place in the world again.
You know, it’s one thing to face this onslaught of the past 4 years by standing your ground and putting on the full armor of God every single fucking day — and watching your career disappear, your social life disappear, the world you thought you knew so well, disappear; even when Nick Cave, Keith Richards, and Bruce Springsteen publicly told people to get the vaccine, while here in the Hinterlands ,all around me, people of all ages were literally being killed by those shots — I still found a way to keep standing my ground, keep allowing myself to feel love for the world, keep getting up in the morning and fighting the fight.
But Kara?? My dear, unvaccinated, strong-willed, strong fighter Kara, absolutely hating Trump?? It was too much.
So I cried. And I texted her some links about MK Ultra, and Operation Mockingbird, and stuff about scientists being against the climate change agenda, and yet another link to a Phil video on rumble…
And then I tried to slog through my morning.
I’m really, really tired.
Anyway.
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Okay. This other sad news just in — I’m hoping it’s a hardcore psyop/optics thing, as we wait for someone/anyone to Make England Great Again:
“Nobel Prize winner Dr. John F. Clauser signs the Clintel World Climate Declaration
[…] Clauser has publicly distanced himself from climate alarmism and this year he also joined the Board of Directors of the CO2 Coalition. In the announcement by the CO2 Coalition, Clauser was quoted in the following way:
‘The popular narrative about climate change reflects a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world’s economy and the well-being of billions of people. Misguided climate science has metastasized into massive shock-journalistic pseudoscience. In turn, the pseudoscience has become a scapegoat for a wide variety of other unrelated ills. It has been promoted and extended by similarly misguided business marketing agents, politicians, journalists, government agencies, and environmentalists. In my opinion, there is no real climate crisis. There is, however, a very real problem with providing a decent standard of living to the world’s large population and an associated energy crisis. The latter is being unnecessarily exacerbated by what, in my opinion, is incorrect climate science.'[…]
“NEW – Up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance is unaccounted for: That is nearly 40% of all climate funds disbursed by the bank over the past 7 years, Oxfam says.”
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Sanity4Sweden – Trump – A Nazi or a Jew lover? Make up your minds! (4 mins):
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Andy the Gabby Cabby – Come Join Me LIVE This Sunday Where We Discuss ALL Things News (1 hr):
James Tabor – Is This Our Earliest Surviving Christian Text Opposing Paul’s Claims to be an Apostle? (29 mins):
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In other news!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds played Lisbon last night, and I know I keep saying this, but it looks like the show was just seriously off the charts! Wow. here are some photos from Instagram, but there were TONS of them and tons of videos, too.
Next, they play 2 nights in Belgium — Weds & Thursday, Oct. 30th & 31st. Buy tickets here.
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Also, Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File early this morning, wherein he explained what it takes for him to feel free — in art, faith, love. He said, in part:
As a songwriter, I am primarily concerned with artistic freedom – freedom of expression, belief and imagination. What it takes for me to pursue these freedoms – to feel genuinely free – has paradoxically something to do with order and constraint. I feel free to express myself and can access a greater quality of imagination when certain restrictions are put into place…
Once again, we find ourselves in the never-ending Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And quite fortuitously, the topic today is OTHER PEOPLE. How interesting, right?
Keith advises: “You learn to take people as they come. It doesn’t matter where they come from. So you learn to size up people really quickly. If you don’t you get into trouble.”
Need we say more???
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And that is it for today.
Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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More breakfast-listening music from Elvis Costello & the Attractions! This one, from 1982, “Man Out of Time” from the album Imperial Bedroom. This one suited my really, really difficult mood this morning. Enjoy, gang.
Nino Rodriguez — Diddy Plot Thickens! Nobody Is Safe..Did Oprah Winfrey Help Take Down Michael Jackson? (40 mins):
The plot thickens as more names allegedly come to surface in one of the biggest scandals in entertainment history..Do they all link and connect together to even bigger scandals like Oprah Winfrey’s connection to the downfall of Michael Jackson? You decide..
I cannot embed the video because it is on Bitchute, but here is the link. Nino talks about all this with a producer from MTV:
Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Starmer CONFIRMS NI Rise Coming (3 mins):
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And that is it for the “news” today. Between now and Election Day, I think I will tear my hair out… daily. We are drowning in optics right now, gang. I can barely stomach any of it. But onward.
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In other news!!!
Nick Cave sent out a greatRed Hand File yesterday!! Just confirming what we already know– the Wild God tour is incredible!
However, mostly he was talking about how he and the band are feeling about this incredible tour. He says, in part:
…The shows are outstanding, feel deeply musical, and we are enjoying them immensely. Those couple of hours on stage are intense and concentrated and there is a feeling of supreme metaphysical possibility where anything can happen, and frequently does. When performing, I experience an aliveness where I feel close to the living and to the dead. It seems that the show affords both band and audience moments of acute spiritual intimacy and communion, unlike anything that can be found outside of our own particular cathedrals – sex, nature, religion, identity, whatever. The new songs seem purpose-built for the live experience...
Some photos from Zagreb. The show seemed even more intense there, if that is even possible!
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play Prague tomorrow night!! You can buy ticketshere.
The following night, they play Munich, but it is sold out.
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And here’s a new feature I’ve decided to add to the blog, at least for a little while!
Remember how it used to be popular to ask, “What would Jesus do?” when you were faced with some sort of moral or ethical question or dilemma?
in 2009, a really great book came out, called: What Would Keith Richards Do? Filled with actual quotes of things Keith Richards had said in random interviews over the span of about 4 decades, and presented as affirmative wise advice or affirmations to help guide you in your very complicated life. It is mostly incredibly funny.
For years, I kept this book in the guest room, but yesterday, I moved it into my room — on my night table, to be exact. I decided to randomly choose a topic each morning and share the result with you here!
This morning’s entry [drum roll]: From Chapter 5, “Daily Affirmations on Society”. Keith’s response on being a bad example for society:
“If they [the police] hadn’t come smashing through my front door, no one would’ve known what example I was setting.”
So now, I guess, just sort of meditate on that and enjoy your day!!
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All righty!
Also —
If you want to donate to the Lambda Literary Writer’s Retreat, you can do so below! The donation helps make the cost of attending the retreat more affordable for emerging LGBTQ writers.
Okay!! Have a happy Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!
Thanks for visiting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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Yes, I’m currently in a Goat’s Head Soup phase, after my friend sent me that video the other day of the backing tracks to “Angie”. And I am finding the album to be an uncanny inspiration for both the memoir I am working on (covering 1971-1980), as well as a screenplay I’m developing that is a subsection of the memoir!
Today, it’s the actual full song, “Angie,” from 1973. Iconic. Enjoy!
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